diff --git a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_django.run b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_django.run
index dfbd19a1da40e58ae920364985326b59857e916b..c59a50753c3bc6529dac74ffe78638d6ed94fd0f 100755
--- a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_django.run
+++ b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_django.run
@@ -18,21 +18,9 @@ password=lsrm
 
 
 
-#keep track of helper application pids to kill in teardown
-PIDS=
-
 # setup propagation of signals to child processes
 teardown() {
     echo "tearing down test environment"
-    for PID in $PIDS
-    do
-        # get the full command
-        CMD="`ps --pid $PID h -o command`"
-        echo "killing helper application: $CMD"
-
-        # and kill it
-        kill -TERM $PID
-    done
 
     echo "removing test credentials file: $CREDENTIALS_PATH"
     rm $CREDENTIALS_PATH
@@ -48,7 +36,6 @@ export LSMR_DBCREDENTIALS=$DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME
 # Run test
 $LOFARROOT/lib*/python*/site-packages/lofar/sas/lsmr/manage.py test --pattern="t_lsmrapp_scheduling_django.py" --testrunner=postgres_testrunner.PostgresqlTestRunner &
 TEST_PID=$!
-PIDS="$TEST_PID $PIDS"
 
 wait "$TEST_PID"
 # wait again (to get the status code of the test)
diff --git a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_functional.run b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_functional.run
index 0c637fa29ea84af30611af7d1cba8595e8bed682..50eb24e21faeb9f60cb587e4beb9bca0102ed726 100755
--- a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_functional.run
+++ b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_scheduling_functional.run
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ export LSMR_DBCREDENTIALS=$DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME
 # Run test
 ./t_lsmrapp_scheduling_functional.py &
 TEST_PID=$!
-PIDS="$TEST_PID $PIDS"
 
 wait "$TEST_PID"
 # wait again (to get the status code of the test)
diff --git a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_django.run b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_django.run
index d3c9ef68b10f5605e1407aef8d74617a658b0bdd..e43bfde2f14f6dcb871feb73b2e44dae622236e7 100755
--- a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_django.run
+++ b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_django.run
@@ -1,3 +1,54 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
+set +x
+
+mkdir -p ~/.lofar/dbcredentials
+
+DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME="lsmr_test_`uuidgen | sed 's/-/_/g'`"
+CREDENTIALS_PATH="$HOME/.lofar/dbcredentials/$DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME.ini"
+
+echo "creating test credentials file: $CREDENTIALS_PATH"
+echo "[database:$DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME]
+host=localhost
+type=postgres
+database=$DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME
+port=7654
+user=lsrm
+password=lsrm
+" > "$CREDENTIALS_PATH"
+
+
+# setup propagation of signals to child processes
+teardown() {
+    echo "tearing down test environment"
+
+    echo "removing test credentials file: $CREDENTIALS_PATH"
+    rm $CREDENTIALS_PATH
+}
+
+## Trap upon signals and upon normal exit.
+trap 'STATUS=$?; teardown; exit $STATUS' SIGHUP SIGINT SIGQUIT SIGKILL SIGTERM
+
+
+export DJANGO_TEST_PORT=$DJANGO_TEST_PORT
+export LSMR_DBCREDENTIALS=$DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME
+
+# Run test
+$LOFARROOT/lib*/python*/site-packages/lofar/sas/lsmr/manage.py test --pattern="t_lsmrapp_specification_django.py" --testrunner=postgres_testrunner.PostgresqlTestRunner &
+TEST_PID=$!
+
+wait "$TEST_PID"
+# wait again (to get the status code of the test)
+wait "$TEST_PID"
+TEST_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+teardown
+
+exit $TEST_EXIT_CODE
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 
-$LOFARROOT/lib*/python*/site-packages/lofar/sas/lsmr/manage.py test --pattern="t_lsmrapp_specification_django.py" --testrunner=postgres_testrunner.PostgresqlTestRunner
diff --git a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_functional.run b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_functional.run
index 6722f7a83b80fb6f1811e9af7dc8b6fe0fd7a74c..f552f5b0f012f4899424bb5d01b8767ee7ced7d2 100755
--- a/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_functional.run
+++ b/SAS/LSMR/test/t_lsmrapp_specification_functional.run
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ export LSMR_DBCREDENTIALS=$DJANGO_TEST_DATABASE_NAME
 # Run test
 ./t_lsmrapp_specification_functional.py &
 TEST_PID=$!
-PIDS="$TEST_PID $PIDS"
 
 wait "$TEST_PID"
 # wait again (to get the status code of the test)